# Employer firms in Williamson County

Employer firms in Williamson County was 6,728 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-county-47187`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of firms in the private nonfarm sectors covered by the US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Establishments under common ownership form one firm.
- Note: Excludes nonemployer businesses. Differs from active_companies, the INE DIRCE count, which includes businesses without employees.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/williamson-county-tennessee
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-47187

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 6,728 |
| 2022 | 6,493 |
| 2021 | 6,246 |
| 2020 | 6,046 |
| 2019 | 5,876 |
| 2018 | 5,723 |
| 2017 | 5,632 |
| 2016 | 5,447 |
| 2015 | 5,266 |
| 2014 | 5,116 |
| 2013 | 5,011 |
| 2012 | 4,840 |
| 2011 | 4,823 |
| 2010 | 4,743 |
| 2009 | 4,837 |
| 2008 | 4,926 |
| 2007 | 4,843 |
| 2006 | 4,641 |
| 2005 | 4,374 |
| 2004 | 4,158 |
| 2003 | 3,998 |
| 2002 | 3,863 |
| 2001 | 3,730 |
| 2000 | 3,669 |
| 1999 | 3,570 |
| 1998 | 3,450 |
| 1997 | 3,307 |
| 1996 | 3,181 |
| 1995 | 3,027 |
| 1994 | 2,782 |
| 1993 | 2,618 |
| 1992 | 2,459 |
| 1991 | 2,351 |
| 1990 | 2,334 |
| 1989 | 2,268 |
| 1988 | 2,167 |
| 1987 | 2,054 |
| 1986 | 1,870 |
| 1985 | 1,702 |
| 1984 | 1,597 |
| 1983 | 1,401 |
| 1982 | 1,323 |
| 1981 | 1,263 |
| 1980 | 1,231 |
| 1979 | 1,147 |
| 1978 | 1,117 |